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Philippe Aghion gave a rapid-fire tour de force on innovation, markets, and competition. On AI, he said past predictions of mass job destruction “...
A ceasefire and hostage release are cause for celebration. But big questions remain about the rest of the Trump plan.
Japan kept interest rates low for decades, creating thousands of “walking dead” businesses. This is now the danger for the United States.
Anthony Albanese leads the most stable federal government in two decades by drawing a line on internal political drama. But stability can cause its...
The real problem is the misallocation of housing created and reinforced by policies that entrench intergenerational wealth divides.
Jim Chalmers “backflip” on super is nothing like it appears to be. The government just turned a zombie tax budget measure into $1.6 billion.
Anthony Albanese will talk co-operation on critical minerals with Donald Trump. But Australia is in a tough and competitive race to deliver.
Once the fighting in Gaza has concluded, it will be interesting to see how engaged with the Palestinian issue the government remains.
Sensible tax reform, grounded in compromise and sound debate, paves the way for more reform.
It’s Labor’s opportunity to face the music on their own fiscal mismanagement and stop relying on tax-by-stealth cash grabs to plug holes in the...
Political fears ultimately forced Jim Chalmers to water down the super tax. It’s a lesson that when your own side tells you a policy is bad you...
A former Future Fund investor aims to rewrite the rules on how the California Public Employees Retirement System manages money. Others may be...
We can pay for lower electricity emissions without lowering our living standards – something that is now well and truly worth paying for.
A coherent framework should be developed for deciding which industries and assets are genuinely strategic and get government financial support, and...
Ideally the US develops a coordinated strategy with Australia to plug gaps in the global minerals supply chain instead of creating an end-to-end US...
Compared to copper and aluminium smelter bailouts, there is a strong strategic case to overturn Australia’s traditional reliance on comparative...
Why, after 35 years of reform, are financial services ‘entrepreneurs’ so easily able to get past investor protection laws policed by ASIC and APRA...
Optimists cite what they see as key differences between the failed January ceasefire and today. While accurate, neither necessarily foreshadows...
The Conservative English politician was gravely concerned about the effect of uncontrolled migration by people from different cultures.
The underwhelming proceedings in Canberra point to the Albanese government’s ongoing failure to formulate a substantial second-term agenda to fix...
The US president is disliked by many, but the only reason the war stopped is because of America’s might, his distinct style and his willingness to...
Governments that rely on debt to pump up their economies – instead of the enterprising efforts of business and citizens – are seen as higher risk...
Watching comedians who’ve spent years patting themselves on the back for “speaking truth to power” twist into pretzels to justify a Saudi payday...
The sensible approach is neither to slam drivers with a rapid and underbaked tax, nor to push reform into the distant future. The government needs...
An aborted spy case shows the UK prime minister is sensitive to criticism that sound commercial ties with Beijing link to his silence on matters of...
The nation’s policymakers have a golden opportunity to apply over 100 years of experience and insights from around the globe.
In a geopolitically volatile world, we are only one crisis away from learning the hard way what the real cost of budget complacency might be.
If, in 2025, Australians allow Waters to propagate such toxic logic, the precedent it sets will outlast her. Because once you start excusing...
He talks of “America first”, but the US president’s personal touch and norm-busting network of aides shows his presence remains paramount in global...
While free marketeers clutch their pearls, separating the politics of saving jobs from the economic arguments is almost impossible.